Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-17
FOUGHT FOR FIVE HOURS.
Battle Between Light Weights For
the Worlds Championship.
CARNEY AND M'AULlFFE MEET.
Aftcr Scvcnty-four Rounds the Fight
is Declared a Draw-Annual Meet.
ing Of the National League
Sporting News.


BosToN, Nov. l6.-Carncy and McAuliffo
fought late last night for nearly five hours.
The crowd then discovered where the fight
was going on and broke in. The battle was
then postponed.
The Carney McAuliffe fight was planned
to take place at o'clock last evening at u
suburban resort about ten miles from Bos-
ton. The chase of outside sporting men was
so close that the men and their hackers were
unable to shake them off, and it became nee
cessary to postpone the fight
until several hours later. Prcpar-
ations for the fight after the first
failure to bring the men together were man
aged skillfully until within day or two
During the last forty-eight hours the friends
of the two men talked too much. Every
sporting man knew that s o'clock was the
hour selected for the call of time, and that
it would occur within Il few miles of Boston.
When the party arrived ut the place first
selected the crowd was there before them.
The place was then changed, and ut ! this
morning the men entered the ring in a barn
attached to the Atlantic hotel at Revere
beach.
In the first round McAuliffe forced the
Carney down three times, either
by his weight or through slips. In the fifth
round Carney led and by fent got to short
range and did great damage to Jacks short
ribs. The Brooklyn boy did great counter
ing and Carney's face was visited frequently
From the fifth to the tenth round Carney in
creased his advantage and McAuliffe was
terribly punished From the tenth to the
twenty first round the fighting was of II dcs-
peratc character, but slow neither man being
| badly punished, The battle was of II kind
that beggars description and the crowd
was wildly excited. Twenty-one rounds took
one hour and twenty minutes and though
McAuliffe had shade the best of it at the
time, seemingly. yet the Carney men were
| iubiant. Betting was then in favor of Nc
Auliffe, two to one. So far Carney's tactics
were in accordance with his expressed inten-
| tions to worry and tire McAuliffe and murder
| him in the ring. McAuitfe forced the fight
ing and so little punishment did he
| do to Jem that the friends of the
| Carney's expressed determination was
| to make the battle long, desperate and mur
| derous onslaught on the Williamsburger.
! He carried out his intention. AT the forty
| fifth round it was seen that his tactics were
bound to be successful in spite of the splcn-
| did powers of McAulife The Brooklyn boy
was full of pluck and stood up to the Eng
lishman in great shape as long as he had
| enough life in him to hold up his hands or
stand on his feet. At the end of that round
it was only question of time, ,uand that Car
| ney was sure winner.
| At 30 O'Clock Carney and McAuliffe had
| fought ffty-four rounds. The tifty-fourth
| was desperately fought and both men were
| strong, They We're able to fight two hours
more. Betting. changed with every round
and as rule Carney was the favorite at
Carney knocked McAuliffe down and the
spectators broke into the ring and knocked
down the stakes and ropes. scrimmage
ensued and the referee EN- declared AIRED
lasted four hours and ffty-fve minutes.
| Carney is the champion light weight pugilist
of England. McAuiffe is champion of
| America in that class. Both men were badly
! punished when the referee declared the fight
| Il draw, but were able to continue, and would
| have done so had not the excitement been too
| much for the spectators and caused them to
| engage in general row.
| = Annual National League Meeting.
| New York, Nov. l6.-Thc annual meeting
of the National Base Ball League begins in
| in this city to-day. This evening President
| Young said the convention had been engaged
| entirely on the work of the reconstruction of
the constitution, and that the brotherhood
matter would not be discussed until to. NOR
row. The first change adopted in the consti-
tuition was the striking out of the words
"with any other League club,n in the rule
forbidding Sunday playing. Secretary
| Young was re elected.
Playing rules 43 was amended so as to
| read: "Thc two players, whose names shall
be printed on the score card as extra players,
may be substituted at the end of any COM
pleted inning by their club, but the retired
players shall not thereafter participate in
the game. In addition thereto II substitute
may be allowed at any time in place OF d
player disabled in the game by injury or i'll
ness, of the nature and extent of which the
umpire shall be sole Judge" This section is
subject to the approval of the American as
| SOciatiOn.
Rule Al, relating to forfeited games, was
also amended (subject to the approval of the
| younger associat Ons) TO give the club entitled
l 49,
ing il.
| Paragraph of section "A, referring to um
| pire's salaries was amended by substituting
a rule that they be paid in accordance with d
| contract between them and the secretary OF
the leagues sub jcct to the approval of the di
| rectorS.
Section Sc was amended to permit of any
| championship game postponed on account o.
rain, tied, or drawn, to be played off on the
grounds of either club by consent.
The application of A. l., Nichols, who ha.
been on the black list for several years, fo
reinstatement was refused.
The changes in the rules at Pittsburg were
adopted.
1t is said here this evening that a capitals
told President Ward to-day in case the Leagu
refused to recognize the Brotherhood he AM
| a number of others would form a syndcat
to back the Brotherhood in the formation o
+, | league in which only Brotherhood play
said, would be placed in New York, Phila
. ! dclphia, Boston, Baltimore, Detroit an
4 Providence.
Signed With the Dctroits.
| ALBANY Wis., Nov 1G-Cal Broughton